University of Maine Athletics

Dana Seekins, a 1984 graduate of the University of Maine, began his role as an assistant coach with the UMaine track & field program in the winter of 2020. Seekins will coach the pole vault and hurdlers.

Seekins spent six years as an assistant coach for the Husson University track & field program, serving as the pole vault and hurdles coach for the Eagles. Beginning with the women’s programs women in 2013 (indoor and outdoor) then the addition of the inaugural men’s programs in the spring of 2015

With Husson, Seekins guided numerous pole vaulters and hurdlers to multiple school records, conference championships, All-New England and All-Conference honors as well the program’s first-ever DIII New England Indoor Qualifier in 2014. He has also coach four different conference pole-vaulters champions in a row.

Seekins also served as a volunteer assistant coach for the Bangor High School indoor and outdoor track & field programs coaching the pole vaulters. In 16 years at Bangor, he has coached over a hundred student athletes in the pole vault including multiple league champions, state medal winners with eight State of Maine Class A first place finishes, nine New England qualifiers and the current girls indoor and outdoor league record holder and Class A State of Maine pole vault record holder.

Seekins is a graduate of the University of Maine, where he graduated with distinction while earning a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering and an Associate degrees in forestry, civil engineering and business. While studying at the University of Maine, he was a letterwinner on the University of Maine’s men’s track & field team under Coach Edmund Styrna & Jim Ballinger from 1981-84 and was a 1983 qualifier for the Eastern League Championship meet.

The Bucksport, Maine, native attended Bucksport High School and lettered in track & field under coaches Joel Sankey & John Craig from 1976-1980 and cross country in 1980.

Seekins now owns a small maintenance and reliability consulting business (The MRP Group) where he provides engineering and equipment troubleshooting and sales support to pulp and paper mills in New England.

Seekins resides in Glenburn, Maine with his wife Lynn. They have three children that have all also graduated from the University of Maine with engineering degrees.